Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Weevil

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Otiorhynchus cribricollis

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while Weevil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Weevil
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Curculionidae
Genus	Diphylla	Otiorhynchus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Otiorhynchus cribricollis

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and Weevil share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Weevil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Weevil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Weevil

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Japan), Europe (17 countries), and North America (United States).